Dr. Deng's research focuses on global strategy, emerging market multinationals (MNCs), and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) from emerging economies, with particular emphasis on research methodologies, theoretical advancement, and social and political contexts. Primarily as solo author, he has published more than thirty (30) articles in prestigious business and management journals, made numerous presentations at leading academic conferences, and regularly serve as expert reviewer and award-winning judge for a number of prominent journals, textbooks, and scholarly associations in the world. More importantly, in the last ten years, almost each of Dr. Deng's papers has become a most cited article in the journal; they are listed as important articles which have shaped the international business theories and practices with high impact worldwide.
